It is sufficiently evident from many circumstances, that the doctrine of the divinity of Christ did not establish itself without much opposition, especially from the unlearned among the Christians, who thought that it savoured of Polytheism, that it was introduced by those who had had a philosophical education, and was by degrees adopted by others, on account of its covering the great offence of the cross, by exalting the personal dignity of our Saviour.


Part I : The History of Opinions Relating to Jesus Christ, § IV : Of the Difficulty with which the Doctrine of the Divinity of Christ was Established. - An History of the Corruptions of Christianity (1782)

Joseph Priestley Quotes

It is sufficiently evident from many circumstances, that the doctrine of the divinity of Christ did not establish itself without much opposition,...

It is sufficiently evident from many circumstances, that the doctrine of the divinity of Christ did not establish itself without much opposition,...

It is sufficiently evident from many circumstances, that the doctrine of the divinity of Christ did not establish itself without much opposition,...

It is sufficiently evident from many circumstances, that the doctrine of the divinity of Christ did not establish itself without much opposition,...